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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-201
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2005 - 30 JUN 2009

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: environmental control of growth and early maturation in salmonids

Sexual maturation in most organisms requires the individual to attain sufficient size and energetic status to cope with the physical and metabolic requirements associated with reproduction. Atlantic salmon represent a classic example of a species which optimises this concept through a very plastic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

Benefit test to optimise research investment

Ongoing assessment of project outcomes is helping the FRDC ensure it gets the best return from its research dollars By Catherine Norwood FRDC research projects completed in the 2016-17 financial year are expected to return a benefit of almost 6 to 1, according to the results of...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-03-01

Colin takes lead role in shark conservation

From failed angler to leading shark conservation scientist, Colin Simpfendorfer has come a long way from childhood days playing in rock pools By Ilaria Catizone As a nine-year-old, Colin Simpfendorfer announced he was going to become a marine biologist. Originally from rural South...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-041
DATE START/END: 15 JAN 2009 - 27 FEB 2012

Fisheries Social Sciences Research Coordination Program

It has become evident since the single minded economic policy drive of the 1990s, that in addition to the biophysical and economic perspectives the social aspects of industry need to be incorporated into research to ensure positive outcomes for industry and their allied communities. As a result...
ORGANISATION:
KAL Analysis
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-027
DATE START/END: 3 MAR 2019 - 27 FEB 2022

Integrated approach to improving stock assessment of Black Jewfish

The Black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) is a large-bodied species of croaker that is highly prized for its table qualities. Black jewfish are aggressive and aggregative in behaviour, have strong spatial population structure and are highly susceptible to barotrauma. They have been heavily...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-011
DATE START/END: 1 DEC 2019 - 6 JUN 2021

Optimising Compliance Outcomes in Recreational Fisheries

The Western Australian (WA) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the South Australian (SA) Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) each have primary responsibility to conserve, sustainably develop and equitably manage fish resources. Relevant fishing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-129
DATE START/END: 14 MAR 2020 - 14 MAR 2021

Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications

Shark fishing in southern Australia was first recorded in 1927 (Wilson et al. 2009) with fishers targeting mainly School Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) using demersal longlines. Between 1927 and the early 1960s the shark fishery developed due to increased demand for shark meat and vitamin A from shark...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-124
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2017 - 31 MAY 2020

Determining variation in catchability of Western Rock Lobsters to standardise important abundance indices used for stock assessment

The Western Rock Lobster Fishery (WRLF) Australia's most valuable single-species wild fishery and the in the world first to attain MSC certification. The sustainability of the fishery is assessed using an integrated stock assessment model that incorporates a number of data sources including fishery...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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